Final culminating "Future"

For my final project in art class I have chosen to use the theme "Future". Doing so I am going treen printing meaningfull pictures on a T-shirt as if they were tattoo's. The reason why the theme "Future" is relevant to my plan I had with those s because the images I am going to put onto I was to change his shirt are going to be images that I will be getting one day in the "didn't come out to e". So really the shirt is going to resemble my body and the images will resemble tCelticwork of tattoo's. Some of the images I am going to have on the shirt will be a lion which is a symbol of God and I will place it over my heart so then he will always be close to me, a anchor and boat wheel on the back of my shoulders that will say "sailors life" because I am a sailor and I always will be, a maple leaf on the right side of my chest so then one day if I become very rich and move somewhere else in the world I will still never forget where I came from because the maple leaf is on Canada's national flag and a national figure for Canada, I will have 2 nautical starts on the back of my arms because the nautical stars help you find your way back home from somewhere else and I always want to remember that I can always find my way back to where I truly am from, and finally I will have an inspirational quote on my stomach of the T-shirt that will say "live life to its fullest" because I always make sure I am having fun so then there is never a dull moment in life so really the quote reminds me to never forget that. To do this art project I am going to need to do screen printings on the shirt but before I do that I will do some test trials on cotton fabrics to get good outcomes. I have asked online what are good things to know while doing screen printings and someone said always make sure everything is taped down properly so then you won't have any paint bleeding spots, as well to iron the images when everything is down so then they will stay on. I will be starting this project very soon and hope I won't run into any problems but I still need to do some research before I do so.

I have officially started my final project of the theme of "future" i have drawn several pictures  

That i will be cutting out parts of so then the paints will be able to seep through to make the designs. I did draw two pictures and then tried to screen print them onto an old shirt that was used for testers, the problem that i had with those printings were that they ddidn't come out properly because there was to much of the drawing cut out and it made look like one big blob of paint in a general region. Those two drawings were a compass and a celtic love knot, iI was going to add them in the T-shirt but I have decided to just stay with my original plan, the rest of the prints on the tester shirt came out good so now I am going to do my final shirt, I think it is going to come out well.

Now that all of my screen printing tests have been done i have found some things that i need to be carful about like cutting out to much paper from the print, and not pressing hard enough when squeegying the pring onto the shirt that i am going to start my good T-shirt and see what i can get done.

So far the screen prints on my good shirt have been coming out, they have been coming out clear and visible with hardly any paint bleeding or smudges. I did notice while screenprinting if you slowly take the images off from the screen from the shirt that they willcome out clearer than trying to take it off fast because if you take it off fast the shirt may move and smudge the paint on the shirt. Where it says "sailors life" on the shirt is a little small and hard to read from far away bit when close you can read what it says. I should have the rest of the shirt done very soon and i will take pictures of me wearing the entire shirt.

I have officially finished my "Future" art work and i think it came out so well. The lion over the left side of my chest in my shirt is my favourite screen printing image out of all of the screen printings because it came out so good and as well it is the largest out of all of them. If  i was to change any of the things about this future art would be the sailors wheel that didnt come out to good because i made so many errors on it. I didnt press hard enough when queegying and as well there wasnt enough paper to stabilize the image while queegying. Overall i am ver proud of my "Future" art and i think it turned out so good.

Cross curricular FINAL

I have finally finished my cross curricular between art and biology. Today I have put all the final details on my gorrilla that were needed to get the eye appealing look to the painting. The gorrilla eye came out really good because of the different shading and the eye region. As well in the painting I added the jacket to the rest of the body and a little but of a T-shirt to go with it as well, and to finish the jacket off I wrote "NIP ROCK" on it since that is what our school jackets say on them. To tie the rest of the painting together I put a darker backround with a lighter shading of white and grey around the gorrilla and painting of me so then the images will be able to pop and get the attention of the eye. I am really happy about the way the whole painting turned out to look like. Some of the skills that I have learned from this assignment are to stay patient, use several paint brushes to get certain looks and styles added into the artwork, and starting from really dark colors and slowly making them lighter to get the correct shading are the best skills to have for painting

Cross curricular #6

In my painting I have all of the painting part of the gorrilla finished, now I just need to do small details like the little hairs, dots in the eyes to make it more attractive and the ridges around the nose. So far I have been concentrating on the little hairs on the jaw line and the forehead of the gorrilla because then I can work from the outside in to get all the details done right. I have been using a small paint brush and lit of greys and whites to get a 3D hair look to the gorrilla. The ridges I have added to the gorrilla aren't exactly turning out the way I wish them to look like, they really do seem like grey lines going straight across the nose. It has been hard to get some semetrical look to the ridges on the nose because I am not having good controlled of the paint brush while doing so. After a while of practicing and sticking to it I have noticed that if you hold the paint brush by the tips of your finger you can get better cintroll of the brush. Doing so j have been able to get most of the detail done in my painting of the gorrilla. Soon I am going to finish up the rest of the detail in the gorrillas face and then I am going to add an arm to the gorrilla and painted a jacket on me on the right side of the portrait and I will be finished. So far everything has been running smoothly with only a few minor bumps in the road.

Cross curricular #5

I have started working on the left side of the portrait (the gorrilla side) and so far so good, but I do know that it is going to be tough to do properly. I have noticed while painting that by using 3 different pain brushes relatively around the same time it becomes easier to paint with. I would use the big paint brush for painting thick and large amounts of one color, I would use a medium brush for doing some shading and rounded movements, and the smallest brush I could find for very small detail such as the hairs in the gorrilla. In my portrait I started painting most of it black but I did really concentrate on the eye because I think the eye needs to be attracting to those observing the painting. For now I will just do most of the shading and painting of the image, later I will he doing very fine and detailing features.

Cross curricular #4

Earlier I was painting the right side of the canvas using darker colors so then I could start to do some color blending and shading in the portrait. Since I have had that part if the artwork finished I have been slowly starting to work on more of the color blending by adding in more lighter colors such as whites and greys for around the mouth, cheekbones and for head. To do so I would have to be very carful on how much lights I would add to the darks because if there was to much white in one area it could throw off the whole painting. Several times in the process I would have to restart an area by covering it with a black so then I could work again. Eventually after most of the struggle I went through I shaded the whole right side of the face properly and precisely. Soon I will start painting the gorilla.

Cross curricular #3

Since my art work has been traced on on the canvas from the projector and shaded properly I have decided that it is time to paint. I chose to start painting the right side of the canvas with the drawing of me on it because I figured why not start with the best looking part of the artwork. Since I chose to do so I will be avoiding large quantities of specific detain needed like all the little hairs in the gorillas fur. I started off painting all the dark spots first like the hair, eyes and jaw line so then I can work my way to very light shading. Hopefully very soon I will have the darks finished so then i can start to do the rest of the color blending in the painting.

Cross Curricular Update#2

Lately on my cross curricular art I have been tracing out each of the two projector drawings on the canvas so then I can paint it later. To do this I drew a line down the centre of the canvas so then I can do the left side of the canvas the gorrilla and then the right side of the canvas the picture of me. It took some time but eventually I had everything lined up perfectly so then it would look like the 2 would match up together. Since I traced out the pictures I have been doing a lot of shading in the canvas so then I will be able to tell how dark I will need to pain in others and then how light I can paint in other areas to get a 3D look, or a nice semetrical look. Very soon I will be painting on the canvas

Cross curricular assignment update #1

Currently what I have done on my cross curricular art assignment I have had a photo taken of me, and found a photo of a gorrilla online and printed both of them off on projector paper. Once that was done I borrowed a projector that was not being used, and made a canvas to be painted on. When the canvas was constructed I painted it with a good primer so then paint will be easier to apply later on. Soon I plan to use the projector and trace out the photos on the canvas so then I will be able to paint everything later. So far everything is going as planned and I hope it will continue this way so then it will look good in the end.

Cross curricular art

I have decide for my cross coricular art assignment that i will do a cross between art and biology. The unit in biology that I will be crossing art with will be evolution. To do this I will have an image of myself and a gorilla, half of my face will be my face and the other will be the gorilla which will show evolution from how humans once were gorillas to how they are now. The way I will present this art work will be in a black and white painting on canvas, doing this I will be able to show the mix between the art works as they blend together

Baroque Art

Baroque Art

 

http://www.oilpaintingfactory.com/english/oil-painting-97622.htm

What Is Baroque Art

Baroque art is a certain period of artistic time which was

between the 1600's-1750's. the baroque art style that
reveled in the effects of light and shadowing, using the colors
grays, browns, and greens, not using clear colors. Mainly
pictures from this era portrayed the characters as being
very subtle during situations ofchaos, conflict, and passion.

The Conversion on the Way to Damascus, by Caravaggio, 1601. The story to this painting is the man Saul (who in the painting is on the ground) is in a stable with his friend, and

Saul was supposedly on his horse. then the light (which

represents the light of God) knocks Saul off of his horse,         exposing himself to the light of God opening his arms and accepting it. his friend on the other hand is off into the

shadows staying clear of the light (who is representing the       average human). the artist Caravaggio effectively uses the       skills of shadowing to build the suspense and emotion in the painting.                                                                                                                                                        http://www.artofmanliness.com/2010/1

0/18/the-basics-of-art-the-baroque-

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Baroque Artists Caravaggio
A famous Italian Baroque artist name Michelangelo Merisi o Amerighi da Caravaggio (short from Caravaggio) was an amazing and passionate artist that lived during the 15th-16th century. Most of his paintings are very dark and mysterious that usually represented a certain time period. Caravaggio was able to paint dark and mysterious paintings because his life was filled with chaos, he was accused of murder, assault, and consulting with the devil. Since Caravaggio had so many problems in his life that he was able to create amazing artworks that has been able to last through the ages. Caravaggio is one of the most famous baroque time period artists, he has been able to use his artistic ability to put all of his emotions into the painting using the skill of light to darkness shading contrast, and particularly strong colorism.

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beheading_of_Saint_John_the_Baptist_(Caravaggio)

As you can tell in this painting from the artist Caravaggio the emotional theme in this image is murder. to effectively portray this theme the artist would have to use specific light to dark shading ratios making the painting seem dark, by having the cut off head in the front of the painting people are able to see the trauma and shame in the women eyes as well as the anger and satisfaction that is in the males eyes. as you can tell Caravaggio's art style is very dark

Relevance

Baroque art is relevant to its time because baroque art is known to be scenes of dramatic events, scenes of happiness, or scenes of life changing events and during the 16th century the catholic church was in charge in which many dark or religious paintings were created. during the time of the baroque era this artistic style amazed many men and woman since the detail and graphic designs were so appealing to all. the catholic church controlled much of the society in the Baroque era that many people were exposed to these paintings causing them to believe that these painting were truly amazing to see.

Struggle Art

Struggle Art

In this drawing it shows a hand struggling to hold on to a cliff from falling down into all of the problems that are surrounding it. The person that is holding onto the cliff represents myself struggling to pull myself up to hope, but if i give up i will fall into a valley filled with all of my problems and they will never let me go. the further you look back into the image, the stronger my problems are and the more I will struggle with them. In all cases there is always a hope, but to escape your struggles you must be strong enough to accept them in your life.

Why Did I choose To Do A Drawing

The reason why i chose to represent my struggle art as a drawing instead of a painting or any other style of art is because then I can represent the darkness of my struggles and how effective those struggles are. also if I did choose to do a drawing with color it could possibly show happiness were as this drawing should be dark to set the mood of sadness. 

How Did I like The Outcome Of This Drawing

I really like the way my drawing came out because it really does show all of the feeling I wanted to put in it. At the same time you can tell what it is and you can get and understanding what the meaning of this art is without having to read the description of it. 

Land Art Design

Land Art Design

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The reason why our group has chosen the Celtic spiral knot is because this design follows the golden ratio law. Also this design is very interesting and would be cool to see from an over head view in the landscape. it may seem difficult to do since the lines must be perfect and there are so many curves, but it will be worth the challenge. to do this landscape art design Matthew, Brittany, Erik and I will go out to Erik's house and draw this design in the snow. the field that we use must be at least 15X15 ft since our design will be 10X10 ft, to do this design we will use shovels, measuring tapes and spray paint to mark areas. to take this picture we will capture it through a window in Erik's house.

Celtic Spiral Knot

On Wednesday February 26, 2014 Brittany, Erik and I all met at Erik's house to do our design. we found a flat area out at Erik's house where we could do our design. so we all put on snow shoes and mapped out a square that was 15X15 ft where we could put the spiral knot inside of it. after we had our square laid out we found the spots of interception of the square and the spiral knot and started to make the three spirals by walking in the snow with snowshoes. doing so one person would have to walk out the design in the snow (Me), another person would need to guild the person stomping out the design in the snow to where they would need to go (Brittany), and the final person would need to pack the snow behind the person mapping out the design in the snow (Erik). when the three spirals were finished we continued the lines towards the center of the spiral knot where they would all connect together. Once the spiral knot was finished we all went around the design and fixed any imperfections so then it would look better. Erik's mom then found a tall snow pile to stand on and take a picture since Brittany, Erik and I did not have a good enough camera to capture our land art design in the snow. Our land art design was interesting to do since it was hard to walk around in the snow and properly get the design laid out in the snow, but eventually we figured out a technique that allowed us to get the proper curves in the design for the spirals and that was to have someone guild the walker through. after that we were able to get the proper curvatures in the snow.     

What Is Art? What Isn't Art?

What Is Art

Banksy "keep your coins I want change", this art work is made from
Graffiti on a brick wall and expresses the feelings deeply. making the
viewers think of what our world has come to be.

Art is the expression of someones feelings being applied to their skill of creativity and imagination. in which it is usually presented in a way of being visualized by others, it can be presented in ways of paintings, sculptures, drawings, pastels, graffiti, and specifically oriented shapes. in some cases art can have many hours of work put into it and others can have very little put into it, and it can be considered art just by the way it is interpreted by people. since people doing so are granted the opportunity to create amazing works of art and are able to be produced and appreciated by all.  

What Is In between Art and Not Art?

The work that is in between art and not art are works that could be art but at the same time not art, as if it was interversal. an example of something that is in between art and not art is packaging because the advertisements are supposed to be appealing to the eyes, but at the same time its is a product that is meant to be eaten and not admired forever.

What Isn't Art

In a way any inanimate object can be seen as art; but it all matters on the perspective you have on it. For example, a rock is art, it has symmetrical ridges, color contrast to the area it is placed, texture, and many more; in which most people would not consider a rock being art.    

As you can see this rock formation is appealing to the

eye because of it's distinctive ridges, texture, color

formation, line structure, and shading. most people when

 they see this picture would assume it is not art but yet it is.